Some have called them a software engineer. They've worked on Cloud Foundry and a few other large systems. They're also a writer, photographer, and speaker.
What I did, why, how it worked, in roughly chronological order. Then a little bit about what I've been learning in the last year or so specifically, and what I want to learn next. Also, why you need to go slow to go fast, but sometimes you need to go fast to go fast.
You should have an e-mail list. Yes, you. Anyone who is reading this right now. I mean it. Stop what you're doing, open a new tab, and go get yourself a website that has an e-mail sign up form.
Skylounge solves common problems with implementing CI/CD for large numbers of teams, and managing applications on platforms, especially in secure and regulated environments, and it does so without hiding anything from developers.
What we're buying is flexibility. We're buying the ability to safely change our designs later. We're making a little downpayment in our ability to understand our future designs, and to understand the impact of changes that we make.
When someone you work with is doing something obnoxious and weird, don't ask why. Just accept that they like doing whatever it is and address the impact of what they're doing.